Steering Rack Leaking

dano said

Ideally it should be that hot yet. Was the system fully bled with tires off the ground moving the steering wheel lock to lock to burp the system?

Like Rusty I'm thinking out loud too....something ain't right.

OK, dumb question. What fluid are you using?

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I read this earlier and know when we changed to the third rack, we did not burp or purge the rack. I have passed this on to my mechanic to assure we are doing this for the next rack.

As for the fluid, not a dumb question at all as this came up several times.....I for one would not have thought a different fluid would make the kind of impact we are talking about, HOWEVER Bill Reilly felt differently. Originally I used an O'Reilly store brand. Bill suggested we drain the system and use NAPA's brand as he stated a friend of his had inside knowledge that the NAPA brand is made by a top lubrication manufacturer. So, that is what I am using now....